The Ash Heap of History
It is to mankind's collective detriment that the story of the Aksumite kingdom remains largely unknown.
It is to mankind's collective detriment that the story of the Aksumite kingdom remains largely unknown.
Hayek determined to form a society committed to persuading the intellectuals, and hence the masses and their political leaders, to change course.
The great sociologist William Graham Sumner explains how the imperialist wars result in the very opposite of their stated intentions.
Money was never seen so abundant in Rome. What was the result? All this money plunged the Romans into luxury and into all sorts of crimes to pay for it.
Some say that we should grow our own food, buy locally, keep firms small, eschew modern conveniences like home appliances, go back to using only natural products, expropriate wealthy savers, and harass the capitalistic class. This paradise has a name, and it is Haiti.
Keynes loved the pyramids. The attempt to rehabilitate the reputation of the pyramid project is part of a larger cultural effort to prop up the respectability of government in general and the nation-state in particular.